Reward In Killing Of Portland Mother, Shooting Of Her Family

PORTLAND, OR —Adau Duop was shot and killed. Her fiance was critically wounded and is expected to survive. Their two boys, one 5-years-old and the other, 1-year-old, were also shot. Both of were treated and released to family at a hospital.

Who shot them?

That's what the Portland Police want to know. So much so that they are now offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.

As Patch reported earlier this week, It was just after 10:30 Sunday night and the family was driving home in their SUV. They were almost back at their apartment building by 128th Avenue and Foster Road

In the back of the SUV, the family's groceries for the week.

They needed to go shopping and didn't have someone to take care of the kids so they took them with them.

Duop was a refugee as is her fiancé. She's from South Sudan whose whose mother brought her here when she was 13-years-old. He is from Somalia. Both had experienced hardship so taking their kids grocery shopping was no big deal.

They were stopped at a red light at 128th and Foster. Almost home.

The light turned green and Duop's fiancé started to drive forward. At that moment, another SUV, drove up on the driver side. The SUVs stayed together for a brief moment. The second SUV sped away.

The one carrying Duop and her family crossed lanes, coming to a stop in front of the Foster Plaza Apartments.

In the brief moment that the SUVs were next to each other, one or more persons had opened fire, filling the Duop family's SUV with bullets.

People who had been driving stopped. They ran from their cars to the family. People ran from the apartment building to the family. Everyone wanted to help.

There was nothing that they could do for Duop. She was dead.

As people waited for the police to arrive, it took about 5 minutes, they did what they can, directing traffic away from the SUV filled with a family of gunshot victims.

Before the kids were released from the hospital, when the seriousness of their injuries were still being evaluated, an official, when asked if if the kids would be ok, told Patch, "they will survive. Will they be ok? They are one and five. They were both shot. Their mom is dead. Their dad was shot. Will they be ok? I'm not even doing to venture a guess."

The shooting was captured on at least one video. Police are going through that video, they are talking with witnesses. They are talking with people who know the family, trying to figure out what happened.

One person who knows them is Abdikadir Mohamud from the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization in Portland.

The family gets services from CAIRO. Their older child gos to school there.

Abdikadir describes him as "kind, respectful, and one of the sweetest kids in our program. When he comes into the classroom, he may be quiet at first but his smile brightens up our room."

CAIRO has started a GoFundMe to raise money for the family, for funeral expenses, for food, for medical bills.

The children were released from the hospital on Thursday into the care of a family member.

Portland police ask that anyone with information about this incident to please contact Detective William Winters at William.Winters@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0466, or Detective Jason Koenig at Jason.Koenig@portlandoregon.gov503-823-0889. The case number is 22-48396.

People can also contact Crime Stoppers of Oregon.

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